The FBI has carried out of one of its biggest mob busts arresting 46 people - including a who’s who of mafia wiseguys.

Nicky the Wig, Moustache Pat, Big Vinny, Tony the Cripple and Tugboat were just a number of the men charged by authorities spanning four of the five New York crime families.

Prosecutors brought indictments including extortion , gun-running rackets and arson against the suspected mobsters which also included a “Rooster,” a “Fish,” two “Harpos,” a “Stymie”, a “Big Vinny” and a “Brad”.

Other charges include leg-breaking, gambling , credit-card and insurance fraud.

Anthony 'Harpo' DePalma, 70, was named as 'a member of the Enterprise' (Image: Police Handout)

In June 2011, Parrello is accused of ordering Anthony “Anthony Boy” Zinzi and Ronald “The Beast” Mastrovincenzo to take care of a beggar that was hanging out near the restaurant.

“Break his knees”, Parrello ordered, according to the FBI.

Parrello along with Eugene ‘Rooster’ Onofrio and Philadelphia mob boss Joseph ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino, 54, allegedly ‘supervised and controlled members of the enterprise engaged in illegal schemes,’ according to the indictment.

The crimes allegedly occurred in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Pasquale 'Patsy' Parrello, 72, is alleged to be one of the Enterprise's ringleaders, alongside Merlino (Image: Police Handout)

The FBI say they uncovered the plans using informants who infiltrated the groups, some wearing video and audio wires.

Diego Rodriguez, head of the FBI’s New York office, said the indictment “reads like an old-school Mafia novel where extortion, illegal gambling, arson and threats to “whack” someone are carried out along with some modern-day crimes of credit card skimming.”